New contracts, jobs and funding news!

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page [ [link removed] ].

________________________________________________________________________

New Castle Header
________________________________________________________________________

November 2019

sheriff et al
Welcome to the November
Castle Transformation Newsletter

This month, we feature:
*- Project update *- Contracts, glass project, farewell to Jade
*- Thank you* - To the National Lottery
*- Nottingham Castle Trust News* - Arts Council award and vacancies
*- Nottingham Castle* - A Year to Celebrate - Commissioning Opportunity
*-**Object of the Month* - Benjamin Mayo painting
*- Top Trumps* - No. 7: Henry Poutrel
*- G F Tomlinson* - Conservation
*- Children in Need* - Rickshaw Challenge comes through Nottingham to meet Sheriff and Robin Hood (Pictured)
*- Event* - The Story of Nottingham

*Watch the latest time lapse images for November on our website [ [link removed] ]*


________________________________________________________________________

November news
*November 2019 Project Update*

*Welcome to our project news for November 2019**
*
*More contracts awarded* - We were very excited to award the contract for Text Writer to *Narrative Threads Ltd [ [link removed] ]* this month. Over the next few months they will be developing the text strategy across the site and writing the words to accompany objects, galleries and interactives. The kick off meeting was a great success, with lots of ideas flowing. We look forward to working with them on this exciting part of the project!

*Glass restorationproject* - The Camm Bros volunteers took a trip to Sandwell Archives, in Smethwick, Birmingham, during November. The quest to uncover the history of the Camm Bros stained glass window continued as they delved through the archives of the Camm Bros factory. Of particular interest was the original cartoon or hand drawn design for the Castle window. This was surprisingly small, but contained beautiful detail nonetheless, and perhaps revealed some clues as to the motives behind the commissioning of the commemorative window. To keep up to speed with this project please *check out our project blog [ [link removed] ]*.

*Farewell, Jade* - Sadly, the Project Team is saying goodbye to Project Assistant Jade at the end of November, as her Apprenticeship comes to an end. We cannot emphasise enough what a massive asset she has been to our team, and we will miss her greatly. Good luck in your new role Jade, and thank you for all your hard work over the last 2.5 years. Were going to miss you!*
*
Back to top [ #gd_top ]


________________________________________________________________________

Thanks to you
Thank you to The National Lottery

The National Lottery celebrates its 25th Birthday this year, a landmark moment to celebrate the incredible difference The National Lottery has made and continues to make to the lives of people and communities throughout the whole of the UK. Thanks to National Lottery players, over 30 million goes to good causes each week.

As a National Lottery funded project, we were asked to play a role in the 25th Birthday celebrations by saying thank you to National Lottery players with special offers to anyone with a ticket between the 23rd November and 1st December 2019.You may remember that we had site tours last year (Picture above). This year, we can't have visitors because of the weather and the nature of work on site.

Instead, we've recorded our own little thank you to The National Lottery. *You can watch it on our Vimeo Page* [ [link removed] ] or click on the image below...

Thank you also to the lovely people who braved the camera to record their message.#ThanksToYou

Back [ #gd_top ] to top [ #gd_top ]*
*



Thank you still [ [link removed] ]

Click the image to watch the #ThankstoYou film in Vimeo

________________________________________________________________________

A year to celebrate
Nottingham Castle - A Year to Celebrate - Commissioning Brief

Nottingham City Council and partners are inviting artists, producers, companies and consortia to propose an ambitious strategic approach to the Nottingham Castle Reopening Celebrations in 2021.

The commission opportunity will be the centre-piece of a wide range of activities that will celebrate the reopening.

This large-scale project aims to bring something exceptional to the city, unlike anything we have seen or experienced here before. Not only is this important for placing Nottingham and Nottingham Castle back on the map after its years closed for redevelopment, but also promote Nottingham as a destination to visitors across the world.

*Deadline for proposals is Monday 16December 2019.*

*Please download the full brief from the Castle website [ [link removed] ]*

Back to top [ #gd_top ]


________________________________________________________________________

Trust Pic
Nottingham Castle Trust News

*Nottingham Castle awarded 200,000 by Arts Council England to develop temporary exhibition gallery

*As part of an initiative to make creative organisations in Nottinghamshire become greener and more adaptable, the Arts Council England has awarded Nottingham Castle 200,000 to move the Temporary Exhibition Gallery to an adjoining suite on the ground floor of Ducal Palace. Not only will the gallerys new home be a larger space allowing for bigger exhibitions, it will also have a low-impact environmental control system, making it suitable for storing and exhibiting work on loan.

The funding will allow the Castle to hold a varied and exciting programme of exhibitions. The Temporary Exhibition Gallery will be an opportunity for local people to enjoy major contemporary art exhibitions without the need to travel outside the region. Not only will visitors be able to see the fantastic permanent displays when they visit the Castle, but they will see a regular and changing series of exhibitions, giving them a reason to come back time and time again.

Back to top [ #gd_top ]



Castle jobs
New Castle Trust roles advertised

*Community Engagement and Participation Officer
**Volunteer Manager
*Both roles close 6 December
Read about the roles [ [link removed] ]

*Director of Commercial and Customer Services*
Closes 15 January
Read about the role [ [link removed] ]

Back to top [ #gd_top ]


________________________________________________________________________

Jade
Jade's Column

*It's farewell from Jade as she reviews her time on the project...

*"After two and a half years of being the Nottingham Castle Project Apprentice and writing my monthly columns for you lovely newsletter readers (although they have gone AWOL the past couple of months, sorry Ive been a busy bee)... anyway its now time for me to say Goodbye!

I thought for my last column that I would share with you some of my favourite moments of my time here

Ill start with tricycle jousting at the 2017 Mayoral Day which was extremely fun, Im sure many of you may have been there. Ill follow that with the Iconic Nottingham Cave City Festival, which I know many of you came along to and enjoyed both years. Lets not forget that amazing closing weekend! We built a Lego Castle, that was pretty cool. I feel like I could go on forever We Dig the Castle, creating our website, writing these articles! The list is endless but lastly will have to be just watching the whole redevelopment happen and following all of the progress on site, I cant wait to go and see the whole new experience when its all finished.

I came in to this project as a Level 2 business administration apprentice and am leaving with a Level 2 and 3 business administration apprenticeship qualification. I have been lucky enough to land myself a new role still with in Nottingham City Council and look forward to starting this very soon.

I am so thankful to the project team for taking me on and to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for making the project possible, which meant I could have this role.

I have met some lovely people along the way, so to all of my colleagues and to any of you who have volunteered at events that Ive worked such as the caves festival and the closing weekend thank you all so much for making this such an enjoyable two and a half years! Below, are a few images which sum up my time on the project."

"Bye for now!" Jades Column over and out.

Back to top [ #gd_top ]



Jade Montage
________________________________________________________________________

Benjamin Mayo
Object of the month

This month, we feature an oil painting of *Benjamin Mayo - The Old General by Nottingham artist Thomas Barber*.

*Why is it significant?* -Benjamin Mayo (c1777 1843) was a well-known Nottingham resident who spent the latter part of his life in the workhouse. A pub in Hyson Green was named after him and from the early 1900s the statue of him there was dressed as Santa every Christmas.

*Tell me more* -Benjamin was nicknamed the Old General because he led a large group of boys round Nottingham on Mickletorn Monday when the Mickletorn Jury paraded to inspect the streets. Fines were issued to anyone blocking or encroaching on thoroughfares and Benjamins army took instant action to remove obstacles.

He collected the boys from local schools by demanding a days holiday for them, mud & stones were thrown at any schools who declined or refused to pay Benjamin to go away. At the end of the Jurys inspection he led the boys up to Nottingham Castle to bang on the gates & demand access. It was always refused, but cakes and gingerbread were dispensed at the porters lodge & at a signal from Benjamin sweets were thrown over the gates one at a time for the boys.

"The Portrait of Benjamin Mayo will feature in the new Art as Inspiration Gallery currently being designed by exhibition designers Casson Mann."

*Read more at the Notts History website [ [link removed] ]*
*Read more at the Art UK website [ [link removed] ]*
*Read more at the County Images website [ [link removed] ]*

Back to top [ #gd_top ]


________________________________________________________________________

Top Trumps #7

Welcome to the seventh character in the series of Castle stories, turned into a game of Top Trumps.
Top Trumps #7 is Henry Poutrel, Constable of Nottingham Castle

*Read more about Poutrel at:
[link removed] [ [link removed] ]
**[link removed]**foresthistory.blogspot.com/2012/02/bestwood-park.html* [ [link removed] ]

Please email us <%[email protected]>to let us know whether you agree or disagree with our scores.

Back to top [ #gd_top ]

Top trumps 7 - 1Top Trumps 7 scores________________________________________________________________________

GFT works
Contractor update - The latest from G F Tomlinson

*G F Tomlinsons Project Manager, Richard Oldfield spoke to the team to explain what considerations have been made for the Castle conservation works*
"
""Throughout the project we have encountered a number of unknown factors ranging from the uncovering of rotten timbers, the failure of masonry and the discovery of unexpected archaeology. These unknown factors can usually affect the critical path of a project, however we have been proactive in finding a solution for this efficiently, along with the conservation architect, structural engineer, archaeological officers and our subcontractors.

We believe this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to investigate and record the history of the site and the process of recording these findings has become second nature to all parties involved. I have found this fascinating and what may seem like a relatively small discovery brings real context to parts of the site; adding more detail to its rich history. It has been a real privilege for all of us working on the project to be delivering a new chapter of the Castles history.""
"
Back [ #gd_top ] to top [ #gd_top ]


________________________________________________________________________

Story of Nottingham logo

Event - The Story of Nottingham

*Tuesday, 10 December 2019
17:30 19:00
**38 Carrington Street, NG1 7FG

*What does heritage in Nottingham mean to you?
What does it mean to be a Nottinghamian? A Beestonian? A Bullwellian?
Which people or buildings are valued in your communitys heritage?
Whats your favourite memory of life here?

Please come along to this informal and open public event to share stories and help to develop proposals for a citizen-led Heritage Partnership.

This is a free event but please register your interest :*At the EventBrite website [ [link removed] ]*


________________________________________________________________________

Rickshaw Challenge
Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge

On 13 November, six youngsters and The One Show's Matt Baker came through Nottingham as part of the Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge.

The annual eight-day, 400 mile challenge, began on Friday, November 8 in Holyhead.

The group came from the Boots site, downCastle Boulevard,Maid Marian Way, andFriar Lane, down Castle Gate and catch a glimpse of theRobin Hood Statue. They were cheered on by local primary school children, The Sheriff of Nottingham -Councillor Patience Uloma Ifediora, as well as being treated to a sword fighting display from Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

The challenge raised a remarkable 5.5 million in total.

*Read more about Children in Need [ [link removed] ]*


________________________________________________________________________

Castle Newsletter Footer [ [link removed] ]________________________________________________________________________

Bookmark and Share [ [link removed] ] with family, friends and colleagues




ContactNottingham Castle Project Office

Tel: 0115 876 5253

Email: [email protected]

Castle Transformation web page [ [link removed] ]

Follow us on Facebook [ [link removed] ] | Twitter [ [link removed] ]

You have received this email because you are subscribed to the Nottingham Castle Transformation e-newsletter. This is delivered to you by Nottingham City Councils Stay Connected service. Newsletters on offer cover topics such as What's On, News, Jobs and many more. You can review which email topics you receive from us or unsubscribe by editing your subscriptions [ [link removed] ]- log in with your email address and then make your choice.



This email was sent to [email protected] using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Nottingham City Council Loxley House, Station Street Nottingham. NG2 3NG GovDelivery logo [ [link removed] ]
________________________________________________________________________